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GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA: A federal appeals court gave famed defense attorney F. Lee Bailey a few more days to come up with $21 million in cash and stocks claimed by the government. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta late Thursday night ordered a temporary stay of Bailey's six-month contempt of court sentence, which was to begin at 10 a.m. Friday. District Judge Maurice Paul had denied Bailey's request for more time, giving Bailey until February 29 to turn over the $3 million in cash and $18 million dollars worth of stock that Bailey says he received...
...deal also may serve as a salve to U.S. West, a Time Warner shareholder that is suing to block Time Warner's proposed acquisition of Turner Broadcasting. Time Warner Chairman gave the deal his blessing in statement: "The strategies of U. S. West Media Group's Atlanta cable systems, those of Continental Cablevision and Time Warner Cable are virtually identical, thus creating the potential for further affiliating these well-positioned systems in the future," Time Warner Chairman Gerald M. Levin said in a statement. "This is a defining day for the U S West Media Group," company CEO Chuck Lillis...
...year's success promises to be even bigger. New speedways are under construction in Southern California and Texas, and this fall NASCAR races will be held in Suzuka, Japan. The first NASCAR Thunder retail outlet, a store that will feature NASCAR insignia clothing, souvenirs and artwork, will open in Atlanta in April. As early as September, the first NASCAR Cafe, a theme restaurant, will start serving in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. By 1998 the association hopes to lift its sales of trinkets, clothing and other memorabilia to a startling $1 billion...
...February 15, the Harvard African Students Association sponsored a talk by J. Nozipo Maraire, '87--'88, author of Zenzele: A Letter For My Daughter and Harvard alum, at Radcliffe's Agassiz House. From January 26 to February 15, Maraire has been on tour from Atlanta to Washington D.C. Harvard was the final stop on her itinerary...
...chief competitors. We are proud of our 300,000 employees and will go to great lengths to create a safe work environment for our people. We also stand firmly behind our position that OSHA is sorely in need of reform. KENT C. NELSON, Chairman and CEO United Parcel Service Atlanta...